Example sentences of "than [v-ing] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Shouting at the two children talking when they should n't during assembly rather than praising the other two hundred for sitting quietly is typical of a pre-occupation with failure . |
| 2 | Wisely , three representative images are chosen for detailed state by state analysis , rather than encumbering the whole catalogue with such voluminous information . |
| 3 | But if Dr Mumby 's right , Turtle fans may find that rather than helping the good guys , they could instead get a cow bunger clobbering from the Turtle team by turning into the baddies . |
| 4 | Had he and the Bishop already decided even before Spruce came that they would set Theodora on ( one , after all , of their own kind and bound by clerical obedience ) rather than helping the normal , if crude , processes of the law ? |
| 5 | I feel there can be few more worthy objects for the book-collector who is suitably placed geographically than gathering the printed products of his town or city through the centuries . |
| 6 | It would have been simpler and more effective , he wrote , to lock the doors and seal up the entrances , simpler and more effective and cheaper than manning the whole building . |
| 7 | I am not about to dismiss the poor as part of a force for change , but there is a great deal more to it than organizing the poor to help themselves . |
| 8 | It is clear that the lessons of ‘ 92 have not been learned and again Managers would appear to be telling Senior Management what they want to hear , rather than reflecting the real situation . |
| 9 | I found myself working twelve to fourteen hours a day , barely coming up for air , and looking forward to finishing the book so that life could begin again — rather than enjoying the day-by-day process of writing , and living life to the full . |
| 10 | But , because the hammer points towards the player , the rotation of the key moves the check away from the hammer when the key is played , rather than bringing the two closer together . |
| 11 | Often these advertisements are delivered by hand , which is cheaper than using the postal service . |
| 12 | This is simpler than using the old text menus . |
| 13 | Making an appeal to a specialist appellate tribunal is cheaper , quicker and easier than using the High Court . |
| 14 | Using ex-post data the job of the financial analyst is now considerably easier than using the full mean-variance model presented in Chapter 4 . |
| 15 | Once you have understood how the machine creates slip , tuck and knit stitches , the rest is just a progression of these , involving very little more than using the electronic pattern selection . |
| 16 | Rather than widening the regulatory net , why not narrow the banking fishpond ? |
| 17 | Alternatively , if you expect to be in a high earning bracket , you might consider setting up a limited company , even if you are the only salaried employee , rather than launching the same business as a self-employed individual . |
| 18 | In the course of the book Nash seems to adopt a rather detached stance on the above matters , describing rather than criticising , and mentioning rather than challenging the given situation . |
| 19 | Fortunately this is much easier than explaining the latest technical developments . |
| 20 | Behaviourist approaches to women 's agoraphobia , for instance , often concentrate on getting them to look after their family , and to work , rather than tackling the personal and social reasons for their anxiety . |
| 21 | Ergas ( 1987 ) has referred to this as a ‘ deepening ’ model of technological development , in which ‘ learning by doing ’ and making the best organizational and technical use of ‘ what you 've got ’ are far more important than acquiring the latest ‘ state of the art ’ process technology ( Ewer et al. , 1987 : ch. 4 ) . |
| 22 | This enables several users to work simultaneously on the same document by locking on to the section relevant to them , rather than accessing the entire thing . |
| 23 | The firm reckons that discounters will eventually end up cannibalising each other 's market share rather than damaging the bigger chains . |
| 24 | Rather than expressing the individual reality of the speaker who happens to utter them , these ‘ personal ’ aspects of language testify to a certain self-consciousness or reflexivity within language itself . |
| 25 | In the ten years after 1727 he managed to redeem £6,500,000 worth of annuities and South Sea stock but after that the fund was " raided " for purposes other than liquidating the public debt . |
| 26 | Sixteen pubs and a nightclub are taking part in the scheme , being regarded as a preventive measure rather than replacing the normal reporting of incidents to the police . |
| 27 | The criticisms made by the informed opinion of Her Majesty 's Inspectors have been that too often the curriculum is narrow and pedestrian rather than promoting the full development of individuals . |
| 28 | In the video Jones is , in the main , observing rather than advocating the ruthless antics of the hard men . |
| 29 | In the treaties with the States-General of 1654 and 1667 the English government succeeded in having its claims accepted by its rival ; and so sensible a man as Sir William Temple felt that nothing had ever given him greater pleasure than forcing the Dutch to give way once more on this point in the peace negotiations of 1674 . |
| 30 | Finding ways of soothing political opposition to the dumping of highly radioactive waste could prove more difficult than solving the scientific problems . |